Animal-poke.



No. 758,213. PATENTED APR. 20, 1.904.

J. P.. MONTGOMERY.

ANIMAL POKB. urmunmn 21min 1120.31, 1903.

F0 MODEL.

I I U ITED STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT O FIC JAMES P. MONTGOMERY, or WICHITA, KANs sIAssmNon or our;

FOURTH TO 0. MARTINSON, or WIGHITA, KANSAS.

ANIMAL-POKE- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 758,213, dated. April 26, 1904.

Application filed Dpcember 31, 1903. Serial No. 137,359- (N0 model.) l A To all whom, it may concern: Be it known that I, J AMES P. MONTGOMERY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Animal-Poke, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The invention has relation to improvements in animal-pokes.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of animal-pokes and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient device adapted to be readily applied to an animal for eifectually preventing it from breaking through a "wire fence or other barrier.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character designed to be applied to the back of the neck of a cow or other animal and arranged to be engaged by a fence-wire and capable of preventing the same from passing over it, whereby fences for confining cattle may be constructed of a less number of Wires than heretofore and Without requiring the wires to be placed under high tension.

vention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of an animal-poke constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, illustrating the construction of the means for applying the device to an animal. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates an animal-poke composed of a body portion 2 and an attaching-pin 3, adapt ed to secure the device to the back of the neck of an animal. The body portion of the animal-poke' consists of a disk or plate having an upturned peripheral edge forming a flange 4, which is bent outward at an angle or inclination to present an exterior concave face 5.

The attaching-pin is preferably constructed of a singlepiece of wire, the wire being coiled at one end of the pin 3 to-form the springcoil 6. The pin 3 extends from one end of the coil, and the wire is extended from the opposite side to form the back portion 7. The

back portion is bent at its ends, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, the bent portions being passed through perforations in the back plate. The end 8 0f the wire is bent to form a hook for receiving the pin 3. The bent portions 9 and 10 form shoulders for engaging the rear face of the body portion of the animal-poke, whereby the pin is firmly maintained in position.

The device is applied to an animal by pinching up a portion of the hide between the fingers and then passing the pin through such pinched-up portion and engaging the said pin with the hook. The device will then be firmly held in position, and should a cow or other animal thrust its head between or under the wires of a fence the wire immediately above the head will follow the neck closely until it strikes the animal-poke. The projecting peripheral flange will guide the wire beneath or into engagement with the body portion 2, and the forward movement of the animal will be effectually checked. The device will enable cattle to be effectually inclosed by fencing having fewer wires than heretofore, and it will be unnecessary to place the wires under high tension. This will increase the durability of wire fences, as the number of broken wires will be very much lessened. In order to increase the efiectiveness of the device, the body portion may be provided at its back with projecting spurs 11, adapted to be struck from or formed integral with the body portion or applied to the same, as shown. These spurs, which have an integral shank portion, are riveted to the body portion 2 and are adapted to be forced into the neck of an animal when the body portion is tilted. When the device comes in contact with the wires, the projectiorlis will be forced into the neck of the anima It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction and is adapted to be readily applied to an animal and that it is capable of effectually preventing the same from breaking through a Wire fence or other barrier and that by means of it cattle may be inclosed by fences having fewer Wires. Also it will be clear that the Wires of a fence may be loosely arranged, thereby lessening the liability of breaking the Wires and obviating the necessity of adjusting the wires to suit changes of temperature.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An animal-poke, comprising a body portion having a concave Wire-receiving edge set at an angle and adapted to prevent a Wire from passing over the animal-poke, and an attaching-pin, substantially as described.

2. An animal-poke, comprising a body, consisting of a disk or plate having a projecting peripheral flange presenting a concave outer face and arranged at an inclination, and means for attaching the body portion to an animal, substantially as described.

3. An animal-poke, comprising a body portion consisting of a plate having an outwardlyprojecting flange, and provided at its back with a projecting spur, and means for securing the body portion to an animal, substantially as described. I

4:. An animal-poke, comprising a disk or plate having Wire-engaging means, an attaching-pin, and spurs located in rear of thepin, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in 4 the presence of tWo Witnesses.

JAMES P. MONTGOMERY. 

